Supporting the African Union Resolution on Solar Energy of 2010 and its commitment to the expansion of viable solar-based electricity generation;

Conscious of the health dangers of the nuclear fuel chain, in particular uranium mining;

Conscious of the long lived radioactive waste generated by nuclear power, which may pose a threat to society for generations to come;

Mindful of the widespread contamination from the nuclear disaster at Fukushima one year ago in March 2011, and the human suffering resulting from forced evacuations and long term poisoning of the air, land and sea;

Hereby declare that nuclear power is a more costly and potentially catastrophic alternative when compared to renewable sources of energy.

We therefore call on;

the governments of Egypt and South Africa to abandon their nuclear power plans;

all governments in Africa to accelerate the installation of renewable energy, and to avoid the nuclear power alternative;

all people of the world to support the vision of a nuclear power free Africa.